Business Traveller

The ‘b’ word

Bleisure is the rather inelegant word hoteliers use to describe business travellers who are mixing work and leisure and adding on a few days’ holiday to their trips. But are you too old to partake in this trend? A recent study in France by American Express and BVA (a French research company) confirmed earlier findings by several US travel consulting firms that it was millennials who were making the most of the opportunity. The report

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